The clarion., 1887-07-20
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John Donaghue, the Boston sculptor, is
making life sized statue of John l.. Sui
Ivan
Queen Victoria is in ecstasies over
new parasol which has just been made
for her by noted London establishment.
1t is made of cream colored satin, covered
with fine Brussels lace, with carved
ivory handle
Bishop Emery, of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, wants some colored angels
painted in pictures He says the angels
have been painted white long enough.
But how does he know that coIored peo-
pie are not white when they get to be
angels?
Senator Stanford has bought for ST.
400, 900 the San Joaquin ranch, near Los
Angeles, which contains 10S, 900 acres and
runs along the coast for twenty miles.
He is now negotiating for another tract
near Pomona, containing 5000 acres,
which viii cost him about So, 100000.
Justice Field, of the United States su-
preme court, wh6 is now in San Fran
cisco, startled the railroad men by refus-
ing to sign his ticket to Portland, and the
document was finally issued to him minus
hts signature. In this case the people
canoe without litigation.
"Blinky'' Morgan, the western robber
and murderer, was asked the other day
how he came to center upon a life of
crime' ~ was born in Philadelphia, -
he said. "When was very young COM
menced reading dime novels, and read
them until my mind was thoroughly poi
soned. / thought of all sorts of wild
schemes, and when / was 16 ran away
from home and went to Texas"
Ex-senator Malone is like an ami
mated toothpick," says The New York
Tribune. ''His slender limbs are incased
in tight fitting tapering trousers. His
boots have heels of the French pattern
and fit like kid gloves. He wears a
Prince Albert broadcloth coat with skirts
of exaggerated length. His crowning bit
| of apparel is broad brimmed exceedingly
| soft felt tile-a sort of Gainsborough
| hat"
Miss Adelaide johnson, Chicago girl,
| has modelling studio in the billiard room
| at Calumet place, Mrs. Logan's home,
and is at work on a heroic bust of Gen.
| Logan. The young artist is a modest,
| studious girl, but she has a romantic his
| tory. Several years ago she fell four sto-
ries down the elevator shaft in Music hall,
Chicago, and was taken up for dead.
Citizens made up a purse for her, and
when she recovered she had few hun
dred dollars left. With this she went to
| Rome, and for two years worked hard.
| She now intends to take her bust of Gen.
Logan there next winter and carve it in
| marble
w. w. Story, the sculptor, writes from
| Rome stating that his design for the Grant
monument has been misrepresented. His
idea is mausoleum resembling the tomb
| of Hadrian, one of the most imposing
| monuments of Rome, but necessarily
smaller; massive circular tower, sur
mounted by a colonnade, above which rise
] steps crowned by an equestrian figure of
Grant; around whose base he would place
ga funeral procession N which all the
| states, north and south, east and west,
| might join, and thus make the monument
| national and not sectional, and within to
have vast sepulchral chamber, in the
center of which should be a recumbent
| figure of Grant, illuminated from above. -
Mrs. Ella Wheeler wilcox's husband, a
| stockholder of and travelling salesman for
| the Meriden Britannia company, is ON the
| road great portion of the time, and since
| his mother, Mrs. Wilcox, and other mem
| bers of the family left the city the resi-
| residence for the woman made famous by
| the "Poems of Passion Besides Meri-
den has furnished very little for her social
| amusement, as all her distinguished liter
| ary friends came from abroad, and the
| only wonder is that woman of such
| poetic nature and as refined susceptibilities
| could have contented herself in such a cold,
unappreciative place as Meriden so long as
she has. Her health is still much i'm
| paired, and though it has been decided to
vacate the present residence the first of
next month, the definite plans for the
| future have not yet been determined. 1t
| is quite probable, however, that when Mr..
| Wilcox returns from his western trip ar
| rangements will be made to spend the
summer at some favorite watering resort.
| One thing is certain, that the fair poetess
| viii most likely leave Meriden for good
and go back to her old Wisconsin home.
If Mr.. Gould had only his own tastes to
| provide for, according to his son, the Alta
| lanta would never have any wines or
| liquors on board, except what might be
| included in the medicine chest; neither
| would there be a cigar. Consideration
| for his guests and the members of his
| family who indulge in these luxuries leads
to the stocking of the refrigerators with
choice liquors and wines of the finest vint-
| age; but Mr.. Gould himself does not
| touch them. 1t is not because he is a
temperance man on principle, but because
| he does not like them. He tried to learn
to smoke once, on the advice of physi-
clan, but gave it up after three cigarettes.
| He is fond of music, and the evenings
aboard the yacht are devoted largely &c
| musical entertainment in the dining
| saloon This is large enough to accommo-
date thirty-two persons comfortably at
the tables, and Is readily transformed into
a parlor by folding the tables together.
In one end of the saloon is piano, built
expressly for his yacht. Mr.. Gould him
self does not perform in any branch OF
music, but he is a good listener This
applies also to his conversation. Although
he is a fluent and interesting talker, he is
surpassed by none in the sympathetic at
| tention which he gives TO other peoples
| utterances. He never ceases to take
| pleasure in the subject of his boat